Garcia: Cuellar-Cisneros clash is a battle over what it means to be a Democrat
Jessica Cisneros, seen at her campaign headquarters in Laredo, is in a primary runoff with incumbent Henry Cuellar to determine who will be the Democratic standardbearer in the November general election in Texas’ Congressional District 28. The runoff is May 24.Much has changed in the two years since Cisneros, in her first political campaign, put a major scare into Cuellar, a veteran congressman who has been a political institution in Laredo for the past 35 years.
The district itself has changed. The 2021 redistricting process made District 28 a safer Democratic seat, added precincts in the urban core of San Antonio, dropped Hidalgo County and added part of Guadalupe County. Cuellar’s nine terms in Congress, 31 years as an elected official, long list of political friends and fulsome campaign war chest argue for the notion that he will not go quietly or easily.
Cisneros’ supporters are not casual voters. They are true believers, and they’ll make a special effort to turn out for the runoff. A low-turnout election should work to her benefit. At the same time, it bodes well for Cuellar that even after the FBI raid, his home base, Webb County, stuck with him in the primary.
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